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Vehicle Stop Leads to Money and Drugs Seized From Probationer

New Castle County Police have arrested 45 year-old Hiram Ilarraza-Huerta for drug offenses in the community of Chelsea Estates.

(New Castle, Del. 19720) Yesterday (January 24) members of the Mobil Enforcement Team conducted a vehicle stop on a Grey Nissan for a traffic violation at the intersection of Louise Rd and Mark Dr. and made contact with the driver, Hiram Ilarraza-Huerta. Officers detected the evidence of illegal drugs in the vehicle. A Search of the Nissan was conducted and officers located trace amounts of crack cocaine.

Through the course of the investigation, detectives from New Castle County Police Safe Streets unit were able to conduct an administrative search of Hiram Ilarraza-Huerta’s residence which is located in the 200 block of Christiana Rd. Detectives located 7.9 grams of raw heroin and $12,075.00 in suspected drug proceeds.

Hiram Ilarraza-Huerta was charged with felony possession with intent to deliver heroin in a tier 4 quantity, felony possession of heroin in a tier 5 quantity, misdemeanor possession of crack cocaine, possession of drug paraphernalia, driving without a license, and failure to signal. Hiram Ilarraza-Huerta was arraigned and committed to the Howard Young Correctional Institution after failing to pay $120,752.00 cash bail.